Reclaim freedom, wholeness and JOY
Inside: We can use a one in, one out rule to establish limits on physical clutter. But we can also apply this rule in ways that support us in living emotionally unstuffed (or lighter and freer). A large focus of the first 35 years or so of my life was acquiring or dreaming of finally being …
Inside: It’s never too late – whatever your experience or season of life, you can build a new pattern and learn how to overcome fear in life. Fear is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s a common human emotion designed to keep us safe. Our nervous system constantly scans our internal and external environment looking …
Adorn your life in color, or don’t, if that feels good. Dance in the streets, laugh loudly, heal loudly, hope loudly. Take up all the space you need, and dare to love the skin you’re in. Wear joy as resilience and resistance. But also wear joy because it feels good and pleasure is not a …
Inside: Choosing simplicity in life requires mindful intention — it definitely won’t happen on it’s own in this ‘more and faster is better’ culture. A question I ask myself regularly is ‘how can I let this be simpler or easier?’ I’m wired for slow and simple and also it doesn’t take much to complicate my …
Inside: Strip away all the clutter and noise to make space for more midlife joy. Consider starting with these 30 things! Although midlife brings with it new challenges, it’s also true that at least for many, happiness rises in our 50s and beyond. There are various reasons for this but I believe a few reasons …
Inside: Simple rhythms anchor us through the seasons of our life. These are some of the ways I’ve used rhythm and ritual to support me through a season of grief, liminal space, and learning to live fully again. Sensitive content warning: child loss, grief We’re nearing three years since my oldest child died and I’ve …
Inside: Diversity is beautiful and needed. When each of us honours our wiring and operates in our strengths we form a beautiful whole. Have fun with this short quiz and identify which of these 5 plants or fungi most feel like you! I like messy people. Colourful, honest, owning the truth of who they are …
Inside: Journey to Freedom – there’s an inextricable connection between truth-telling and unshackled living. We cannot know freedom without being real. And freedom is, largely (NOT solely), an inside job. This post includes a referral link. My intuition or inner voice is telling me to allow this season of my life to be less about to-do’s …
Inside: I felt a call to come home to myself. An invitation to stop running, trying to belong or find my place in the world, permission to remember and own the full, messy, glorious truth of who I am. Not who I used to be or how I wished I could be. I choose to …
Inside: There is freedom in a relationship with healthy boundaries. Boundaries are not a punishment but a kindness to you and those you love. The word boundaries sometimes has a negative connotation. There seems to be an idea that only stern or cold people are good at setting boundaries. Or that boundaries only need to …
Inside: How to build boundaries with yourself that honour your wiring and help you live a fulfilling and meaningful life that feels true to who you are and what you want. This post includes referral links. Boundaries are necessary for all relationships – work, kids, friends, and with ourselves. Building and honoring brave boundaries is …
Inside: Media offers us quick fixes, spiritual gurus sell us bypassing, our own fear nature beckons us to hide under the covers or jump on the next shiny bandwagon; all feel preferable to slow, soul-stretching, deep work. But sustainable growth takes time. Don’t rush who you’re becoming. In the summer each year I listen inward …
